Hair clipper



G. B. BECKER HAIR CLIPPER Filed July 16. 19;;

28 m vmron GEORGE B-BECKER hrrolmsrs 2w?) am regulatedlwith respect to the surface over- "whicl1.said, clipperfis passing. Other more Patented July 28, 1925. r

UNITED STATES [PATENT/OFFICE.

i enjonen B. BECKER, or BRooK YN Ew YonKl H I l Eli- .Application-fil'ed July 16, 1924. YSeriaI No. mazes specific objectsof the invention will appear from the descrip ion hereinafter, and the 5 features of novelty will be pointed out. in the claims. Y

In the accompanying drawings, which I illustrate an example of the invention Without defining its limits, Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a clipperwith my invention ap- I pliedthereto; Fig. 2 is-a plan view; Fig. 3' is, a fragmentary inverted plan view and Fig. 4; is a detail face view of an. actuating lever forming part of-the device.

f The clipper comprises the customary body/'10, carrying thefrelativ'ely fixed cutter 11' and the fixed handle 12 inthe conventionalmanner. A movable cutter 13 is mov- I able transversely to the cutter 11, in the Well known way, by means-of the handlerl i, which is movably connected withthe body and with the cutter 13, in the customary way; The clipper may include other features customarily found in cuttingmachines j of the indicated type, such as, for instance,

a bolt and nut 15, whereby theparts; are

stened' together in an assembled condition.

p The attachment which constitutes the invention consists of a lifting member, which, in the illustrated example, is shown inthe form of a plate 16' having teeth 17 in registry with theteeth of the cutter v11, said member or plate 16 being pivotally mounted or hinged at 18 upon the body 10. The lifting member 16 is provided with an arm 19, which preferably comprises an integral continuation of the member, 16 and may be p of curved form, as shown in'Fig. 1, said,

' arm 19 in any case extending in an upward direction from the plate 16, "The arm 19 slotted as indicated at 20fl1'ld straddlesa rearwardly' extending guide rod 21, which,

in the illustrated example, forms a continuation of a plate 22, the latter being fastened in place upon the body 10, for instanjce,'by

means of the" previously mentioned nut 15,

it being understood that 'insuch case the plate .22 includesa suitable aperture for the accommodationyof the. bolt upon which the 'nut15fis screwed. ,,An' abutment, for in stance, in theform ofahead 23 is slidably mounteduponthe rod 21 and bears against 1 the bearing member 19, as shown in Fig. 1; the head 23 is engaged by one end, of

a spring 24, which surrounds the rod 21 V and serves, by pressure upon said head23 and, 1n turn uponthe arm 19,'t0 malntain the lifting member 16 inits normal position and to return it thereto. The lifting member 16 is adapted tobe pivotally actuated in a direction away from the cutter 11 as indicated bydotted lines in .Fig. 1, for the purpose of adjusting the position of the cutter with respect to the surface over which the clipper is passing. The adjusting means, as shown in-the-illustrated example, may comprise a lever 25, pivoted at 26 upon a block 27 and having its end 28 the preferred construction, theblock 26 is slidably mounted upon the rod 21, so as to be adjustable lengthwise thereof, for the purposeuof setting the lifting member 16 y in a variety of normal positions; the means for adjusting saidblockin the manner de- :scri-bed may comprise an adjusting nut 29 mounted upon the rod 21, which in such case is sc'rewrthr eadead for the accommoda- "tion of said, nut 29, as indicated at 30. The

upper end of the lever 25 is pivotally coneated at 31. with one end of a link .32, which, at its. other end, is pivotally connected at v33 with an operating member 34; the latter is slidably mounted in a bearing frame 35,, projecting'upwardly from the plate 22, and terminates .in a depending finger. piece 36, as shown. inFig. 1.

In practice, the clipper isv utilized in the conventional manner by being held in the one hand of theoperator and passed over thesca-lp or other surface from which the hair is to be cut. As bumps or other 11 in bearing engagement with the arm 19. In

equalities on the scalp or other surface are encountered, a pressure may be exerted upon the finger piece 36 to slidably move the member 34 rearwardly in the bearing frame 35 and thereby pivotally swing'the lever 25' from the'solid line position to the dotted line position in Fig. 1.- This causes a pivotal actuation of the lifting' 1neniber116 from the solid line position in Fig.1 to

the dotted line position therein, whereby'the" cutters 11 and 13 are lifted fromthe scalp or other surface to a corresponding extent. The presence of the bumps or other inequalitiesmay be determined by the sense of 'touch, that is, by passing the other hand of the operator oversaid surface in advance of the clipper and utilizing, for instance, the thumb of said hand, to produce the aforesaid pressure upon the finger piece '36 and the operation of the lifting member as described. By adjusting the position of 'the block 28-upon the rod 21 through the imediumof -the nut 29, the lifting member ,may be set in initial positions at different distances from the cutter within the range ofthe instrument, so that the initial position of the cutter is automatically maintained ata given distance above the scalp or other surface. The device may thus be used to automatically predetermine to what extent the hair is to be cut, it being understood that the aforesaid operation of the lifting member to adjust the cutter from the normalposition predetermined by this ad justment of said lifting member may be accomplished in the same way as previously set forth. To facilitate the removal of the attachment from the clipper, when it is desired to utilize the latter in the ordinary way, the pivots 18, 26, 31, and 33 may be made easily removable; th complete disconnection of the attachment may be effected by removing the nut 15 from its bolt and then lifting the plate 22 therefrom;

If the nut 15 is a wing-nut, as in the illustrated example, the vmember 34 is first disconnected at 33a and withdrawn from the frame 35.to permit said nut to be actuated.

scalp or other surface regardless of the sura face conditions thereof.

Various changes in the specific form shown and described may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. The combination of a hair clipper, an attachment adj'ustably combined therewith, whereby the position of the cutter with re spect to the determined and means whereby the adjustscalp or other surface .is prcment of the attachment may be temporarily changed'by manual' operation to compensate for irregularities in the surface over which the clipper is passing.

2. .The combination of a hair clipper, a lifting member movably connected therewith for predetermining the cutting posi" tion of the cutter, adjusting mechanism whereby the lifting member is set inv aprodetermined initial position; and means for manually actuating said lifting member to temporarily vary such position at will without disturbing said adjustment.

3. The combination of a hair clipper a lifting member pivotally connected therewith, a lever pivotally mounted upon said clipper and operatively connectedwith said lifting member, adjusting mechanism Whereby the lifting member is set in a predetermined initial position ;-a'n,d meansfor manually actuating said lever to pivotallyopen 3 ate said lifting member with respect to said cutter whereby the position of said lifting member is temporarily changed at will without disturbing the, adjustment. 4. The combination of ah'air'clipper, a lifting member pivotally connected therewith and extending beneath the cutter, a bearing member forming a continuation of said lifting memberand provided with a slot, a rod fixed upon said clipper. and projecting through said slot, aspring-pressed abutment member slidably mounted on said rod in engagement withsaid bearing mem-- ber, for maintaining the said lifting. memher in its normalposition and for returning it thereto and means for pivotally actuating said lifting member relatively to said cutter in opposition to saidspring-pressed abutment member. x i

5. The combination of a hair clipper, a liftingmember' pivotally connected there-' with and extending beneath the cutter, '1

said lifting member and provided with a slot, a rod fixed upon said'clipper and projecting through said slot, a block adjustably mounted on said rod for setting said lifting member in different vnormal position with respect to said cutter, an operating 6. The combination ofa hair clipper, a

lifting member pivotally connected therewith and extending beneath the cutter, a

7 bearing member forming a continuation of bearing member forming a continuation of per, a bearing frame carried by said plate.

said lifting member and provided with a a slidable operating member mounted in 10 slot, a rod fixed upon said clipper and prosaid bearing frame and a link connecting jecting through said slot, a block adjustably "said slidable member with said lever.

t d on id d f tti id life In testimony whereof I have hereunto set ing member in different normal positions my n i With respect to said cutter, a plate whereby 7 said rod is removably fixed upon said clip- GEORGE B. BECKER. 

